William Henry Besant
1828 - 1917
- Born
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01 November 1828
Portsea, Hampshire, England
- Died
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02/06/1917
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 08/06/1871
- Fields of Interest
- Mathematics
- Relationships
- Eldest son of William Besant, merchant, of Portsmouth and his wife Sarah Ediss, daughter of a builder and architect of Dibdin; elder brother of Sir Walter Besant, novelist; married (1861) Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Willis (FRS 1830) (she died 1911)
- Catalogue
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- Wikipedia
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Referee of
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Referee's report by William Henry Besant, on a paper 'On the motion of fluid, part of which is moving rotationally and part irrotationally' by Micaiah John Muller Hill
Creator: William Henry Besant Reference number: RR/9/219